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not_o in_o every_o circumstance_n but_o child_n as_o well_o as_o person_n of_o year_n be_v baptize_v in_o the_o cloud_n and_o in_o the_o red-sea_n unto_o moses_n 1_o cor._n 10._o 2._o and_o their_o wash_n with_o rain_n from_o the_o cloud_n prefigure_v our_o wash_n in_o baptism_n and_o by_o the_o spirit_n therefore_o child_n of_o covenant_v person_n be_v capable_a of_o the_o true_a and_o real_a baptism_n under_o the_o gospel_n of_o christ._n 24._o anabapt_a where_o there_o be_v a_o command_n for_o a_o thing_n never_o remand_v or_o countermand_v 9_o there_o that_o thing_n be_v still_o in_o force_n but_o there_o be_v a_o command_n for_o the_o sign_v of_o infant_n of_o believer_n with_o the_o sign_n of_o god_n covenant_n with_o their_o parent_n and_o they_o never_o yet_o remand_v or_o countermand_v
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